Where does “tidsskala” come from?
tidsskala (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål skåla, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.
tidsskala (Norwegian Bokmål): a timescale
Definitions
- a timescale
Ancestry of “tidsskala”, step by step
tidsskala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål skåla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | skåla | definite feminine singular of skål |
| 2 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 4 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 5 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Norwegian Bokmål tid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tid | time; an age or era |
| 2 | Old Norse | tíð | time; hour; divine service, prayers |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |